Always Eat Breakfast
You’ll have heard it before, and that’s because it’s true!  If you want to lose weight you must eat breakfast because it gives your metabolism a kick-start.   If you don’t eat within an hour of waking up, your metabolism won’t work at its peak until later, by which time you’ll have wasted several hours of crucial calorie burning!

Eat Little & Often
Eating little and often is much better for you than eating one or two large meals a day because it keeps your blood sugar levels balanced so you won’t feel hungry or over eat.  It also keeps your metabolism working at its peak so you’ll burn more calories.

The 20 Minute Rule
If you finish your meal and still feel hungry, wait for at least ten minutes before having a second helping because it takes twenty minutes for the food to hit your stomach and send a message to brain to tell you that you’re full.

Overload With Fruit & Veg
Pack in as much fruit and veg into your meals as possible because not only will it fill you up, but they’re loaded with hundreds of vitamins and minerals that help your body work at its peak and burn calories rather than laying down fat reserves.   B vitamins are vital for a healthy metabolism, vitamin C converts sugars into energy, zinc helps you feel full, and choline found in potatoes, tomatoes, bananas, and lentils metabolises fats.

Make your Own Lunch
Shop-bought sandwiches and salads are laden with calories so get into the habit of making your own lunch instead.  You’ll also save around £20 a week which you spend on pampering yourself!  Manicure of facial anyone?

Never Shop When You’re Hungry
Never go to the supermarket on an empty stomach because you’re more likely to buy junk food and be tempted by unhealthy two for ones.  Get organised, plan your meals for the next week, make a list of everything you need and stick to it!  Tempation won’t be in the cupboards and you’ll spend less money, which means you can buy some new clothes to go with your sexy new look!

You can keep in shape without leaving the house, and here the health and fitness experts at Maxitone show you how.

Thinking of a new you but can’t find the time for the gym or don’t want to commit to a monthly gym membership fee?   Here the experts at Maxitone – the UK’s leading brand for healthy female weight loss, body toning and well-being who you will probably recognise from their  TV advertisements, show you how to get fit at home.

15 minute Fat Loss
Forget about hours on the treadmill – research shows that short, intense ‘interval training’ is a great way to boost fat loss and fitness. All you need is a little bit of space and a stop watch! This simple workout gives you toning, cardiovascular fitness and fat burning all-in-one and can also be performed with a skipping rope, exercise bike or rower.

-  Warm-up by jogging on the spot and stretching.
- Once you’re warm, sprint maximally on the spot for 10 seconds.
- Walk or jog for 30 seconds to 1 minute, repeat.
- Try starting with a total of 5 minutes, gradually building up to 15 minutes as your fitness improves.

Record Your Success
Here’s a fat loss and fitness tip that doesn’t require any exercise but can dramatically improve your results -  keep a training log to make sure you’re ‘progressively overloading your body’.  The key to losing more fat and getting fitter is to progress the intensity of your home workouts with shorter rest periods, more repetitions, more resistance and longer sessions.  Every time you increase your intensity, you get fitter and burn more calories. This has a dramatic effect on your body over the course of 2-3 months. Get yourself a diary, or pin a workout log on the fridge to remind you to exercise.

Smart Girls Use Dumbbells
Although your bodyweight can provide a good workout, adding a small amount of weight to your squats, lunges and other exercises, dramatically burns more calories both during and after exercise, while also enhancing your body tone and shape – a secret known by all models, film stars and personal trainers.  Dumbbells or alternatively fitness bands are an excellent, inexpensive solution that enable you to perform a range of new exercises in the comfort of your own home.

Use Your Bodyweight To Train
Resistance exercise is vital to boost your body tone and increase your metabolic rate to burn more fat.  When performed correctly, body weight circuits are an excellent way to sculpt your body and burn calories, as well as quickly improving your all-round fitness. Try this simple routine and watch the fat melt away:

Chair dips x 8-15 reps
Chair press-ups x 8-15 reps
Biceps curls with water bottles x 8-15 reps
Lunges x 10-20 reps
Squats x 10-20 reps
Crunches x 10-20 reps

Move between exercises with as little rest as possible and try and perform 2-4 circuits.

Keep Guessing For Faster Results
Your body loves to adapt to new forms of exercise but you’ll stop getting great results if you don’t keep it ‘guessing’ by using different kinds of training. You can achieve this goal by getting creative with your exercise choices, and using different levels of resistance, repetition ranges and rest periods. Always aim to perform 3-5 exercise sessions per week, with 2 rest days and never perform the same workout on consecutive days.

More About Maxitone

Maxitone is the UK’s leading brand for healthy female weight loss, body toning and well-being.  There is a host of information on their website for anyone looking to shape up including fitness advice and exercise plans.  You can also buy the following products to help with you reach your fitness goals:

- The Sculptress Range is for people who are starting to get fit and want to lose weight
- The Definity Range if for those who exercise regularly and want to increase their muscle tone
- Finesse contains omega 3 and 6 and is for everyone looking to improve their overall well-being